V-Dem Institute @vdeminstitute.bsky.social The V-Dem Institute is an independent research institute and the Headquarters of the V-Dem project, based at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. The V-Dem project (Varieties of Democracy) is a unique approach to conceptualizing and measuring democracy.
Jonas Ineichen @ineichenjonas.bsky.social PhD Candidate in Political Science @ University of Zurich. Einwohnerrat SP Emmen
EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social The European Political Science Society: the not-for-profit professional association for political science in Europe and beyond
https://epssnet.org/
CIS ETH @ciseth.bsky.social The Center for Comparative and International Studies (CIS) is the fruit of collaboration between two leading houses of political science, namely the ETH Zurich and the Institute of Political Science at UZH.
Simon Bornschier @simonbornschier.bsky.social Political Scientist @University of Zurich
https://www.simon-bornschier.eu
- M Marco Steenbergen @mrsteenbergen.bsky.social Political Psychologist - Computational Social Scientist
Jon Slapin @jbslapin.bsky.social Political Scientist, University of Zurich
Silja Häusermann @siljahausermann.bsky.social Professor of Political Science @UZH
Francesco Raffaelli @fraraffaelli.bsky.social From 🇮🇹
Postdoc, University of Zurich 🇨🇭
Previously PhD, Oxford 🇬🇧
Hugo Subtil @hugosubtil.bsky.social Postdoc @ipz.bsky.social | PhD @Mines_Paris CERNA & @Polytechnique CREST Political economy, Text as Data & European studies. Also, working for https://demosquare.ch
https://sites.google.com/view/hugosubtil/home
Giuliano Formisano @giulianoformisano.bsky.social PostDoc in Politics, University of Zurich | Oxford PhD | Interests: Digital Politics, Communication, & Computational Social Science.
giulianoformisano.github.io
Catherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social Vice Dean and Professor at the IE School of Economics, Politics and Global Affairs at IE University, Madrid (she/her)
www.catherinedevries.eu
Respect the Marble Substack: catherineeunicedevries.substack.com
Enzo Nussio @enzonussio.bsky.social Political scientist studying peace, violence, and institutions, currently working on consolidator project www.decadesofpeace.com @ipz.bsky.social University of Zurich.
Chuyu Liu @chuyuliu.bsky.social Political scientist at IPZ of the University of Zurich
Geraldine Bustos Zamora @geraldinebustos.bsky.social Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Zurich
Political Science | Ideology | Patterns of Violence | Armed Groups | Civil Wars | Colombia | Machine Learning
Philipp Kerler @philipp-kerler.bsky.social Post-doc @IPZ University of Zürich
Interested in political economy & development
https://philker.github.io/
Francesca Feo @francescafeo.bsky.social Political scientist interested in gender & LGBTI+ policies, parliaments, populism, Italian politics. I work as a postdoctoral fellow at UiB, for @gendersuccess.bsky.social.
Luke Shuttleworth @luke-shuttleworth.bsky.social Postdoc @HumboldtUni.
Reactionary Politics | Racism | Polarisation | Political Communication
he/him
Klara Müller @klaramueller.bsky.social Political Scientist | Postdoc & Scientific Coordinator at @gesistraining.bsky.social | PhD from @gessunimannheim.bsky.social
Political behaviour, public opinion, quantitative methods and all things sports. 📈🗳️🚴♀️🏃♀️
🌐 https://klara-mueller.com/
Edda Humprecht @eddahumprecht.bsky.social @Prof of Communication Science @Uni of Jena, head of research group Digitalization & the Public Sphere
Meray Maddah @meraymaddah.bsky.social PoliSci PhD Candidate @ University of Konstanz
autocracies | international parliamentary assemblies/IOs | representation | hybrid regimes
meraymaddah.github.io
Own views
Defacto Expert @defactoexpert.bsky.social DeFacto - Belegt, was andere meinen
Swiss Political Science Knowledge Transfer Platform. Product of SPSR/SPSA
Will Lowe @conjugateprior.org Señor Research Scientist, NPC at the Hertie School in Berlin 🇩🇪 via Princeton, Mannheim, Edinburgh and a bunch of other ivory towers that will probably be billiard balls and decorative boxes by the end of the decade.
Rome Statute appreciator.
Leonard Ganz @leonardganz.bsky.social politik und soziologie in düsseldorf und oslo
Gina-Julia Westenberger @gjwestenberger.bsky.social Research on political behavior, spatial inequality & labor market change I
Phd Candidate @University of Lausanne and @Centre_LIVES
Max-Planck-Institut für Gesellschaftsforschung (MPIfG) @mpifg.bsky.social Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies. Research on the social and political foundations of modern economies.
📍 Cologne
Imprint: www.mpifg.de/2856/imprint
Simon Hix @simonhix.bsky.social Stein Rokkan Chair in Comparative Politics, EUI. President of @epssnet.bsky.social. FBA, FRSA. Democracy, parties, elections, electoral systems etc. Live music. COYI
Anne Schulz @annisch.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Political Communication at IKMZ, University of Zurich and Research Associate at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford
Jonathan Klüser @klueserthan.bsky.social Political Science PostDoc @ipz.bsky.social
Barton Lee @bartonelee2.bsky.social Asst. Prof (TT) + Chair of Political Economy & eDemocracy, ETH Zürich @ETH_en | Research Affiliate @CEPR.org | Affiliate Fellow @StiglerCenter @ChicagoBooth | 🇦🇺 in🇨🇭
http://www.bartonelee.com/
Renate Fischer @renatefischer.bsky.social Senior Research & Teaching Associate at the University of Zurich, IKMZ
public sphere theory, political communication, journalism
pw-portal @pw-portal.bsky.social Portal für Politikwissenschaft – wir bieten Rezensionen, Analysen, Essays, Kommentare & Interviews rund um die Themen Demokratie & Frieden.
Eine Einrichtung der Stiftung Wissenschaft & Demokratie (SW&D) @swud.bsky.social.
🌍 https://www.pw-portal.de/
Paula Nitschke @paulanitschke.bsky.social Postdoctoral researcher at Augsburg University, imwk. Interested in political communication and digital media. Organizational communication, NGOs, political influencer
Natalia Umansky @nataliaumansky.bsky.social Postdoc @IPZ_ch @DigDemLab | PhD @ucddublin @Connected_Pol | IR, political communication, computational social science, social media | @utditella & @IBEI alum
website: https://nataliaumansky.github.io/
Markus Tepe @markustepe.bsky.social Political Science, SOCIUM, University of Bremen, www.tepems.de
Domantas Undzėnas @unddom.bsky.social Doctoral candidate at the University of Mannheim.
| Political Psychology | (De)radicalisation | Prejudice | Quantitative methods | Machine learning |
Lift heavy things on the side.
Franzisca Schmidt @zisca.bsky.social PhD #firstgen | रेवा ♥️
Berkay Alıca @berkayalica.bsky.social PhD Candidate at the Department of Comparative Politics, University of Bergen. Interested in representation and public opinion on policymaking in multilevel contexts. Previously University of Mannheim (MA) and University of Liverpool (BA).
Paula Hoffmeyer-Zlotnik @pzlotnik.bsky.social Assistant Prof @CEE, Sciences Po Paris. Researching & teaching 🇪🇺 and migration politics and policies.
Sean Müller @seanstmllr.bsky.social political scientist at uni lausanne, wrote a book on Shared Rule in Federal Theory and Practice: https://academic.oup.com/book/57551
Mark Eisenegger @markeisenegger.bsky.social Professor @ Department of Communication and Media Research, Director of fög - Research Center for the Public Sphere and Society
www.ikmz.uzh.ch
www.foeg.uzh.ch
Maximilian Nominacher @maxnomi.bsky.social Referent Digitalisierung & Politische Bildung, Bayerische Landeszentrale für politische Bildungsarbeit
Adrian Rauchfleisch @adrauc.bsky.social Distinguished Professor @ National Taiwan University
JEPP Journal @jeppjournal.bsky.social JEPP is a flagship journal covering public policy, Europ. politics & the EU | Edited by B.Rittberger | https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/rjpp20 | https://www.linkedin.com/company/jepp/ | https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61573881511255
Anna Lavizzari @alavizzari.bsky.social Ramón y Cajal Fellow at Universidad Complutense Madrid | Gender, political participation, social movements, LGBTQ+ | 🏳️🌈
Dr. Stephanie N. Shady @stephanienshady.bsky.social Political Science Lecturer @ WashU. National ID, migration, religion, political psych, Europe/U.S. Third-gen🇪🇬. UNC PhD, TCU alum. She/ella/elle/هي 🏳️🌈 Posts don't represent my employer.
Carina Siebler @csiebler.bsky.social PhD candidate @CEU comparative politics | MA in Sociology @FU Berlin
Interested in climate protest, far-right & computational social science
Revue internationale de politique comparée @ripc.bsky.social Principale revue francophone de politique comparée | Leading comparative politics journal in the French speaking world | De Boeck Supérieur - UC Louvain
Nicola Cianferoni @ncianfe.bsky.social Sociologist of Work, PhD, associate researcher at the University of Geneva. Passionate about R, guitars and brewing.
Matthis P. @g4briel.bsky.social When not distracted enough: political economy, EU politics, & governing new technologies globally — architecture on occasion — he/him — RT ≠ endorsement — Posts in 🇩🇪 and 🇬🇧
Ann-Kathrin Reinl @annreinl.bsky.social Researcher @gesis.org | EU solidarity, EP Elections & political attitudes | Interested in feminist literature
Basil Schläpfer @bsch.bsky.social Immobilienmarkt beim Statistischen Amt des Kantons Zürich
Tom Berger @tomberger.bsky.social Geschäftsführer Polit-Forum Bern, Berner Stadtrat, Vorstand Bar- und Clubkommission (BuCK), Rennvelofahrer, Wanderer.
Jonathan van Eerd @jonathanvaneerd.bsky.social „If hard work leads to success, the donkey would own the farm“
„Beati pauperes spiritu.“
Jeyhun Alizade @jeyalizade.bsky.social Political Scientist and Postdoc at WZB Berlin
I study far-right extremism, immigration, and political behavior in Europe.
jeyhunalizade.com
smartvote.ch @smartvote.bsky.social Die Schweizer Online-Wahlhilfe seit 2003 – L'aide au vote en ligne depuis 2003.
http://smartvote.ch | http://smartmonitor.ch | http://Politools.net
Luca Anceschi @anceschistan.bsky.social Professor in Eurasian Studies at the University of Glasgow
Ivo Bantel @ivobantel.bsky.social Head of Research & Data @POLITICOEurope ・polarization, extremism, computational social science, text-as-data・PhD from University of Zurich, previously @Harvard Gov't, @Oxford DPIR & @University of Bremen (he/him)
Luca Dahinden @lucadahinden.bsky.social antifacists, queerfeminist, socialist. queer af.
political scientist. managing director ngo. activist.
Nikolina Klatt @klatt.bsky.social PhD Researcher at SCRIPTS Freie Universität Berlin & Visiting Research Fellow at WZB @wzbdemocracy.bsky.social
Reproductive Rights and Political Regime Transformations
http://nikolinaklatt.github.io
Pierre Van Wolleghem @piervanwoll.bsky.social PhD in Politics - Research associate professor at NORCE - interested in migration and asylum policy, public opinion, democracy and research methods. Music enthusiast and sports lover :)
Patrick Parschan @patrickparschan.bsky.social PhD researcher at LMU Munich | natural language processing | computational methods | ideal point estimation | early career representative at ICA computational methods division | co-organizer of @hackingcommsci
🔗https://patparsch.github.io
Steffen Hurka @steffenhurka.bsky.social Professor of European Politics at Zeppelin University Friedrichshafen - ERC CoG DEMOLAW - Emmy Noether Research Group EUPLEX
Katrin Paula @kpaula.bsky.social Assistant Professor at Technical University of Munich
Balthasar Glättli @bglaettli.bsky.social Bei den Zürcher Stadtratswahlen vom 8.3.2026 in den Zürcher Stadtrat gewählt. Former MP Swiss GREENS @gruenech.bsky.social (https://www.balthasar-glaettli.ch), born at 327.45 ppm.
Sarah Bütikofer @sarahbuetikofer.bsky.social Political scientist, editor DeFacto. Project partner Sotomo. www.sarahbuetikofer.ch
Cristina Monzer, Ph.D @cristinamonzer.bsky.social Postdoctoral Researcher @asc.upenn.edu | identity and symbolic politics, computational methods, multimodal data analysis, social media | @ResearchLex
Deshdeep Dhankhar @deshdeep.bsky.social PhD Student in Political Science @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social| Affiliated Fellow @mwfdelhi.bsky.social Max Weber Shifting| Prev. JHU SAIS, UPenn @casipenn.bsky.social| Democracy, Opposition & Social Change | Institutions, Party, Identity & Local Governance
Eva Thomann @evathomann.bsky.social Professor @unikonstanz.bsky.social, Public Administration & Policy, QCA, EU customization, KOMEX academic convenor @komex.bsky.social. Book: http://tinyurl.com/tmjapbq . All typos are my own
Andreas Reich @andreasreich.bsky.social Journalist, Brussels Correspondent for Swiss TV SRF #EU #Benelux
R. Daniel Kelemen @rdanielkelemen.bsky.social McCourt Chair at the McCourt School of Public Policy @Georgetown University. Non-resident Senior Associate @CSIS. EU politics, policy & law.
https://www.rdanielkelemen.com
Susana Tavares @susanadptavares.bsky.social PhD student researching social movement organizations and protests targeting UN peace missions at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland.
Jakob-Moritz Eberl @jamoeberl.bsky.social He / Him | Senior Scientist in Political Communication at @univie.ac.at | #AUTNES 🇦🇹 | #ACPP 💉 | #MEDem 🗳️ @medem.bsky.social.
Posts in 🇦🇹/🇺🇸 about Research, Elections, Public Health, & (Social)Media – sometimes BoardGames 🎲 or Birds 🐦
Alice el-Wakil @anewq.bsky.social Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen. Political theory, democracy, referendums, democratic innovation, representation
Marlène Gerber @mgerber.bsky.social political scientist @ Année Politique Suisse, Institute of Political Science, University of Bern
Swiss Politics (gender equality) | (digital) democratic innovations and democratic non-innovations (Landsgemeinde) | political participation
Claire Adida @claireadida.bsky.social Senior Fellow and Professor of Political Science (by courtesy) at Stanford University. Would rather be spending time outdoors with my family and friends.
Haylee Kelsall @hayleekelsall.bsky.social Cats, punk, politics and rollerskates
PhD candidate @ University of Amsterdam, affective polarisation & political emotion
Markus Patberg @mpatberg.bsky.social Professor of Political Theory and History of Ideas at @unigreifswald.bsky.social, working on democratic theory, constituent power, Habermas, European Union, exit politics, digitalization.
DominikWyss @wyss.bsky.social E-Partizipationsforschung, Full-Stack Dev und Datenanalyse
[Apps4Science, USB, Année Politique Suisse]
AI is exciting, but have you ever heard of ATProto?
Benjamin E. Schlegel @benjaminschlegel.ch Postdoctorand at @ipz.bsky.social, University of Zurich - loves teaching, methods, R and hiking
Martin Lüscher @mluescher.bsky.social Editorial Consultant @ Livingdocs
Jubelt wie Walter Iselin. Imfall.
Ex @watson-news @20min @AargauerZeitung
Victoria A. Haerter @victoriahaerter.bsky.social Post Doctoral researcher at the University of Lucerne• PhD University of Bern •Masters in Comparative and International Studies ETH Zurich • Political Science BA at University of Zurich
G Brueckmann @brueckmann.bsky.social Research on climate 🌍 & energy 🔋 policies 🌐 using experiments 🎲 & reproducible research 🔁
@ipwunibern.bsky.social & Oeschger Center for Climate Change Research, @unibe.ch
PhD from @ethz.ch
(they/them)
Here: private views.
Website: brueckmann.github.io
Sophie Lecheler @solecheler.bsky.social Professor of Political Communication - University of Vienna
Oliver Strijbis @ostrijbis.bsky.social Professor of Political Science at Franklin University Switzerland; Prediction markets; Live forecasts on 50plus1.ch; Forecast Brew newsletter
Alexander Dalheimer @alexanderdalheimer.bsky.social PhD candidate at University of Vienna and Pre-doc at PARTISAN
Isabelle Engeli @isabelleengeli.bsky.social Prof of Public Policy, Founding Editor European Journal of Politics and Gender, former Editor-in-chief European Journal of Political Research, allotment fan
Phil Erfurth @philerfurth.bsky.social Inequality, economic history and policy. UU, SAIS, CUNY and UCONN. Also passionate fan of hopeless football/soccer team (no, not ManUtd).
Roman Krtsch @romankrtsch.bsky.social Political Scientist and Evaluator at DEval (German Institute for Development Evaluation) | formerly Uni Tübingen and Uni Konstanz
| interested in protests, civil wars, development cooperation
Angela Zollinger @avzollinger.bsky.social Into sustainability, (international) politics and decent dialogues. From Zurich, in London. Previously MA @ Europainstitut Basel.
Matthias Frey-Konrad @matzefrey.bsky.social #polisky Researcher & PhD-Student #tudo interested in Party politics, legislativ studies, religion & politics, text & network analysis | European citizen
Erica Owen @ericaowen.bsky.social Associate professor of international affairs studying trade, global production, automation, and workers at the School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh.
Konstantin Bogatyrev @bogatyrev.bsky.social - LSE Fellow in political behaviour at @lsegovernment.bsky.social
- PhD from Bocconi (2025) on electoral accountability for illiberals & authoritarians + quant methods
- 🏳️🌈 he/they
https://www.lse.ac.uk/government/people/academic-staff/konstantin-bogatyrev
Felix Wiebrecht @felixwiebrecht.bsky.social Lecturer (Assistant Professor) University of Liverpool | Research Associate V-Dem |
Authoritarianism | Legislatures | China
Co-Organiser @apsgworkshop.bsky.social
felixwiebrecht.com
Paul Drecker @pauldrecker.bsky.social Political science, Computational social science, University of Muenster
Jonas Horn @jonashorn.bsky.social Doctoral Researcher | @mpifg.bsky.social & Cologne Center for Comparative Politics | Comparative Political Economy, Technological Change, Industrial Policy, Automotive Industry | he/him
James P Cross @jamespcross.bsky.social Cofounder of The @Connected_Pol Lab. Interested in EU decision-making, text analysis and transparency in govt.
Sarah Langlotz @langlotzsarah.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Development Economics at UGoettingen. Affiliated with HiCN, NEPS, CeMig, and HIGH. Co-organizing
@3dseminar.bsky.social. More: https://sites.google.com/view/sarah-langlotz- H @handle.invalid @handle.invalid
Ross Dahlke @rossdahlke.bsky.social asst. prof. @uwsjmc.bsky.social rossdahlke.com